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Mad at the World
A Life of John Steinbeck
Buch von William Souder
Sprache: Englisch

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This first full-length biography of the Nobel Laureate to appear in a quarter century explores John Steinbeck's long apprenticeship as a writer struggling through the depths of the Great Depression, and his rise to greatness with masterpieces such as The Red Pony, Of Mice and Men and The Grapes of Wrath. His most poignant and evocative writing emerged in his sympathy for the Okies fleeing the dust storms of the Midwest, the migrant workers toiling in California's fields and the labourers on Cannery Row, reflecting a social engagement-paradoxical for all of his natural misanthropy-radically different from the writers of the so-called Lost Generation.

A man by turns quick-tempered, contrary, compassionate and ultimately brilliant, Steinbeck took aim at the corrosiveness of power, the perils of income inequality and the growing urgency of ecological collapse, all of which drive fierce public debate to this day.

This first full-length biography of the Nobel Laureate to appear in a quarter century explores John Steinbeck's long apprenticeship as a writer struggling through the depths of the Great Depression, and his rise to greatness with masterpieces such as The Red Pony, Of Mice and Men and The Grapes of Wrath. His most poignant and evocative writing emerged in his sympathy for the Okies fleeing the dust storms of the Midwest, the migrant workers toiling in California's fields and the labourers on Cannery Row, reflecting a social engagement-paradoxical for all of his natural misanthropy-radically different from the writers of the so-called Lost Generation.

A man by turns quick-tempered, contrary, compassionate and ultimately brilliant, Steinbeck took aim at the corrosiveness of power, the perils of income inequality and the growing urgency of ecological collapse, all of which drive fierce public debate to this day.

Über den Autor
William Souder's books include biographies of John Steinbeck, Rachel Carson (a New York Times Notable Book of the Year) and John James Audubon (a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize). He lives in Grant, Minnesota.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Genre: Biographien
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9780393292268
ISBN-10: 0393292266
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Souder, William
Hersteller: WW Norton & Co
Maße: 239 x 158 x 33 mm
Von/Mit: William Souder
Erscheinungsdatum: 13.11.2020
Gewicht: 0,786 kg
Artikel-ID: 117965079
Über den Autor
William Souder's books include biographies of John Steinbeck, Rachel Carson (a New York Times Notable Book of the Year) and John James Audubon (a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize). He lives in Grant, Minnesota.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Genre: Biographien
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9780393292268
ISBN-10: 0393292266
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Souder, William
Hersteller: WW Norton & Co
Maße: 239 x 158 x 33 mm
Von/Mit: William Souder
Erscheinungsdatum: 13.11.2020
Gewicht: 0,786 kg
Artikel-ID: 117965079
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